J Flory wrote:
> On Dec 18, 7:37 am, Jake <jake.fr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>If you wear a heartrate belt round your chest, you can loop the
>>earphone wire once round it, stops it pulling through causing the
>>earphones to tug at your ears. This can be a problem if you erg or row
>>in loose fitting clothing such as a t****rt. Doesn't effect heart rate
>>monitor pickup. I normally just stick the shuffle in the leg pocket of
>>joggers while erging, or down the leg of lycra if sculling. The old
>>Shuffle has an optional waterproof case, which is actually waterproof
>>as I went for an unplanned swim with it once after snapping one of my
>>sculls on an obstruction.
>
>
> You scull while listening to an iPod? To drown out those annoying
> warning cries from other scullers that you're about to hit? Please
> let me know where you row so I can be sure not to be there!!
Furthermore, sculling is all about rhythm, flow & timing. You need to
feel that special & unique rhythm at all times. To improve your
sculling (let alone maintain a proper lookout) you need to be constantly
attuned to your actions. So how can you scull & hope to improve if
subjecting yourself to rhythms which blot out or conflict with the
rhythm of your sculling action, & to musical interference which
distracts & preoccupies your thought processes?
To scull well you need not only to learn & to improve the appropriate
neuromuscular responses for that activity. You have also to not learn
inappropriate responses, which are so hard to eradicate later. Can you
imagine a pianist practicing to the sound of music other than he/she is
playing?
If folk find sculling is so boring they need music to take their minds
off the pain or the tedium, then what's the point in sculling?
I'd say the same WRT music while erging.
Carl
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